Taste improving substances

• Main Authors: RENES, HARRY, VISSER, JAN, WINKEL, CHRIS, NOOMEN, SYLVIA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.07.2014
• Subjects: DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MAKING THEREOF; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The present invention relates to a flavour composition comprising: one or more flavouring substances and one or more taste improving substances selected from the 5 group consisting of: substances according to formula (1): CH 2OH-(CHOH) 4-CO-NH CH 2 -X wherein X represents -OH, -O(CO)R, -OP0 3H2, -P0 3H 2, -OSO 3 H or -SO 3H, and R represents a C2 -CIO group comprising at least one carboxylic acid group; and edible salts thereof, wherein, in case the flavour composition contains N-gluconyl ethanolamine or a salt thereof, the weight ratio of the taste improving substances and the flavouring 10 substances is less than 50:1. The invention furthermore concerns substances according to formula (I) wherein X represents -O(CO)R, -OP0 3H2, -P0 3H2, -OSO 3 H or -SO 3 H, and R represents a C2 -CIO group comprising at least one carboxylic acid group; and edible salts thereof